Curmudgeon's Lair

The banking error turned out fine. My bank considerately kept the overcharged amount in the pending file until the fax finally arrived from the company that had erroneously charged me for something I had not ordered. The money was refunded and my bank did not charge me for the overdraft. All's well that ends well.

The smoking front has turned into a disappointment of sorts. The side effects of chantix and withdrawal became too much for me and I went back to smoking yesterday. I'm sleeping better off the chantix. I apparently had some of the rarer side effects. That's unusual for me as I seldom experience side effects from meds.

I slept twelve hours when I came off the chantix and feel better than I have in over a month. I intend to try again to stop smoking. That's a given, but I now see that in order to do so, I will need to find a point in time and life that I can put aside all my working obligations to do it.

Pacione went after me again and then deleted the post. Maybe he thought better of it. It was a simple post, just to let me know that he was praying for my death.

I just finished reading the first three books in the Drenai series by David Gemmell and I enjoyed them a lot. I have ordered the rest of the series.

This morning I started rereading the book "Sex with Kings" by Eleanor Herman. It's an excellent book about the most famous royal mistresses in history. I must admit to enjoying the exchange between lillie Langtree and the future Edward VII of England.

Edward: "I've spent enough on you to buy a battleship."
Lillie: "And you've spent enough in me to float one."

I'm still feeling grouchy. Sometimes it's just because I'm tired or stressed. Right now, Mr. Porky is back to leaving me death threats and threats to steal my books to punish me for imagined slights.

I have resisted writing another rebuttal because I get tired of it. He knows better than to try coming to Massachusetts to get me (he's in Illinois) because I practice cast iron fry pan diplomacy as in WHOMP!

Sales of the new book are doing well. I really have no right to complain. But I'm still feeling grouchy. I assume that what I need is more access to my English boytoy.